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Dark Ninja
03-19-2002, 06:07 PM
...Slackware :rolleyes: , I am probably going to have more questions, since it is not as user friendly as Mandrake. However, I like it already. It definitely didn't force KDE on me, like Mandrake tends to do.
Now, here's a really basic question. I install a file by compiling it. (It's a tar.gz and I know how to install it.) However...the uninstall part of that, I do not know how to do.
Also - can RPM's be used on Slackware, or is that impossible? If so, where/how?
Dark Ninja
marvin
03-19-2002, 06:35 PM
Some software has a "make uninstall" target. If that doesn't work, I guess you'll have to check the makefile and see what gets installed where and remove it manually
Dark Ninja
03-19-2002, 06:40 PM
Didn't know that could be done. Just removing stuff manually. How 'bout the RPM thing?
Dark Ninja
sarah31
03-19-2002, 06:43 PM
some even have an unistall script. RPMs on slackware? I seem to remember some mention of this recently try a search. One thing to keep in mind though is that you should try to avoid installing non-native packages (ie RPM in Slack) unless absolutely necessary. Though troubles are not common they do happen when a package is not specifically designed to run on the native system.
Strogian
03-19-2002, 06:59 PM
Yep, manually removing stuff is possible. Usually, all install scripts do is copy files over somewhere.
mdwatts
03-19-2002, 07:03 PM
For any packages installed manually, look into using installwatch which is available through freshmeat.net
AdaHacker
03-19-2002, 07:56 PM
RPMs on Slackware are not a problem. Just don't install them as rpms. Use the command
rpm2tgz filename.rpm
to convert the rpm to a regular gziped tarball. You can then install the resulting package with
installpkg filename.tgz
This normally works pretty well, but I've noticed a couple of times that permissions and ownership of the files got a little messed up. If you have any problems, that's the first thing to check.
Dark Ninja
03-19-2002, 08:53 PM
Ahhh...is that how .tgz files in Slackware are installed. :D :D :D Glad I know this! :-) Thanks everyone for the help. Slackware, here I come!
Dark Ninja
Jeevz
03-19-2002, 09:12 PM
For all your Slack package needs:
http://www.linuxpackages.net/